Month: February 2011

Two people were behind bars on Thursday, and another was on the run following a carjacking in Desert Hot Springs. Police said the incident happened on Jan. 22 at a car wash on the 13000 block of Palm Drive. The victim said he was approached by three men carrying semi-automatic handguns. He said they took

A man once hailed as a hero in the Coachella Valley sat in a jail cell waiting to face child pornography charges on Thursday. Police in New Philadelphia, Ohio, said a CD showing a child being sexually abused in Palm Springs about six years ago has led to the arrest of Jeffery Roderick, 42. He

It was a ?banana bonanza? at a local middle school on Thursday. Feb. 10 marked the 100th day of the school year, and John Glenn Middle School in La Quinta celebrated with a 100-foot bananna split. The W.E.B. program put the event together. W.E.B. stands for Where Everybody Belongs, and the club pairs 8th grade

Its greens have played host to presidents, movie stars and even the Rat Pack at one time, but today it’s a playground for wild animals and weeds. Since 2007, the Palm Springs Country Club Golf Course has been in foreclosure. It sits northeast of Farrell and Racquet Club, and neighbors say what was once a

A burglary suspect was finding hiding inside a closed Kmart store in Indio early today, the Indio Police Department reported. Christopher Rush, 35, of Indio, allegedly triggered the store’s silent alarm system while trying to nab jewelry and electronics, Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron said. Rush allegedly waited until the store closed and all employees

The percentage of households that could afford to buy an entry-level home in the Riverside/San Bernardino area rose to 79 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, up from 78 percent in the previous quarter and 78 percent during the same period a year ago. In the Palm Springs/Lower Desert area, the California Association of

Anyone with an Internet connection can now find out whether the house they want to buy is on one of California’s earthquake faults. The California Geological Survey announced Thursday that it was posting its fault zone maps online for the first time. The 547 maps were previously available only in paper or CD formats. California

Two days after a Dairy Queen in Bermuda Dunes was robbed, a Cold Stone Creamery in Palm Desert was robbed at gunpoint. A suspect entered the store on Cook Street and Country Club Drive at just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday with a shirt pulled over his head. The suspect is described as a Hispanic

It’s nearly impossible to drive on Interstate 10 through the Coachella Valley without being in the shadows of tractor-trailors. But, with all those big rigs, come big dangers. Many of them are not safe enough to be out on the road, according to a CHP report. For trucks heading west into the L.A. basin and

Ayer por la maana un nio de 11 aos fue atropellado por un auto en el rea de la Ave 48 y Washington Street en La Quinta. El menor fue transportado al hospital donde ahora se recupera. No se mencion si el chofer del vehculo enfrentar cargos por el accidente.

Ms de 250 administradores y educadores de escuelas cristianas de todo California se renen esta semana en el Valle de Coachella en la conferencia anual nmero 27 en la que se discutirn estrategias para mejorar el aprovechamiento de los alumnos y desempeo de los maestros en escuelas cristianas.

Four months ago, a baby boy in Indio died at a local hospital because of severe head trauma, and on Thursday, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office announced that a suspect has been charged with his murder. News Channel 3 has known about this story since Oct. 9 — the day 21-month-old Serik Mathew Nieto

Two teens allegedly involved in the fatal stabbing of a Desert Hot Springs man in June 2010 during a gang-related fight outside a party have pleaded guilty to assault and been sentenced to prison. The pleas came in an Indio courtroom on Wednesday. Angel David Romero was sentenced to eight years in prison, while Bryan

“Nico” is a nosy dog. The two-year-old Dutch Shepherd is trained to sniff out drugs, weapons, alcohol and tobacco. “A lot of students from this school are doing drugs,” said Sonia Loera, a seventh-grade student at Nellie N. Coffman Middle School. “And most of the two years, they’re doing more and more drugs.” This is

Cuadrillas de Southern California Edison trabajaron duro para arreglar un desperfecto en los cables subterrneos y reestablecer el servicio en el tramo de Ramon Road entre Whispering Palms Trail y Landau Blvd. en Cathedral City. Por lo que los tres carriles con rumbo al oeste fueron cerrados ayer de 3:00 a 4:30 p.m.

La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que ayer a las 6:30 p.m. a punta de pistola forz a empleados de una nevera Cold Stone Creamery que se ubica entre Cook Street y Country Club Drive en Palm Desert a entrar a uno de los congeladores mientras vaciaba la caja registradora para luego

Continan declarando los adolescentes involucrados en el asesinato de un hombre en Desert Hot Springs durante una pelea relacionada con una pandilla en una fiesta en Julio pasado. Ayer se declararon culpables ngel David Romero de 16 aos y Bryan Gonzlez de 17, ellos son dos de los siete menores que le quitaron la vida

The Palm Springs Unified School District is fighting back after a series of school burglaries. The latest break-in happened last weekend in Cathedral City. According to Roy Hill, Director of District Security, a total of 60 to 70 white Apple Macbook laptops have been stolen in five burglaries that have happened since late last year.

The final visioning workshop for the development of downtown Palm Springs today will have a much more positive tone to it, with the city and the owner of the Desert Fashion Plaza having agreed to work together. Symbolizing the new relationship, representatives of Wessman Development — which owns the Desert Fashion Plaza and surrounding amenities